py2exe error

[Haim Ashkenazi]

Hi

(complete newbie warning...:) )

I've written a script that uses pickle to store data to a file. here's the
code that stored the data:

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def put(self, conf):
""" dump the preferences to a file"""

# TODO: make a backup copy of the prefs !!!!
try:
f = open(self.bacFi le, "w")
except:
raise 'BadFileError', "couldn't write file"

pickle.dump(con f, f)
f.close()

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when running from regular python interperter, it works fine.

I need this script to run without python installed, so I've created a
stand-alone binary with py2exe. I used the following simple setup.py:

from distutils.core import setup
import py2exe

setup(name = 'default',
version = '0.1.0',
console = ["CLI_Backup .py"],
windows = ["Configurator.p y"]
)
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when running from this binary I get this error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "MainFrame.pyc" , line 140, in OnSaveMenuEvent
File "MainFrame.pyc" , line 174, in dumpPrefs
File "NS_Backup.pyc" , line 64, in put
File "pickle.pyc ", line 1382, in dump
File "pickle.pyc ", line 231, in dump
File "pickle.pyc ", line 293, in save
File "pickle.pyc ", line 663, in save_dict
File "pickle.pyc ", line 677, in _batch_setitems
File "pickle.pyc ", line 293, in save
File "pickle.pyc ", line 514, in save_unicode
LookupError: no codec search functions registered: can't find encoding
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I guess I should add some custom module to the setup.py but I don't know
which (or am I completely off track here...).

can someone help?

thanx
--
Haim

[Holger Duerer]

Re: py2exe error

>>>>> "Haim" == Haim Ashkenazi <haim@babysnake s.org> writes:

Haim> Hi
Haim> (complete newbie warning...:) )

Python or internet newbie?

Google for 'py2exe "no codec search functions registered"'
and click on 'I feel lucky'.


Holger